Loeb Classical Library - Complete Set?

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Many Loeb Classical Library resources have come up on CP. I truly appreciate all the effort, but could we just have a "complete set" price? The overabundant volumes offered at $5 going up to whatever is making me dizzy. Keep those. Just give me the bottom line for everything.

Do you realize how many there are? A complete set would never get enough orders to get into production. It's better like this (though I would prefer 5-10 volume sets over 2 volume ones).

Personally, I try to restrict myself to only the ones I want most. As for the rest, I'm hoping Logos will include the whole set in a Christmas sale in 2018 or so, for a very low price and with dynamic pricing applied.

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We're planning on posting more--quite a few more--over the next several months. We also appreciate hearing your ideas about how you prefer to see these posted on CP. Our initial sense was to post them in small bundles and collections to get at least a portion of the volumes into production this year. If others have further suggestions, please let us know.

Thanks, Mike. I do appreciate the approach and I have personally placed a bid on all the offerings. I was thinking there might be a more streamlined approach for some of us who might be interested in all of them.

On that note, I think I answered my own question. I went to the Harvard University Press website and see that there are 520 volumes listed there. Based on the approximate average price of slightly over $2 on the current offerings (as a whole) that would put the entire corpus, assuming that is it, at around $1,060.

Note that we're only offering volumes in the Loeb Classical Library that are in the public domain, so we'll be posting a smaller number than what you mention in your post. Keep the comments coming, however, about how we can best make these public domain resources available on community pricing. There are several more exciting collections to come.

Might you still have your complete Loeb Set? I have been collecting them one at a time for years and would love to have them all. I personally read them and I would leave them as inheritance to my children someday as well. If you are willing to entertain parting with them, it would be an honor to have them on this end. Please feel free to email me at paul(dot)kadair(at)gmail(dot)com. I look forward to hearing from you. God Bless you, and take care.

You can order the whole Loeb library electronically from Harvard University Press.

However, only after ordering a 166 volume special here on Logos did I learn to my horror that the books I ordered were not hardcopy. The whole presentation indicates hard copies, with pictures, volume numbers, publication dates etc. Only one small place in faded print, does it tell you "this is a download". I am so disappointed. Im sorry to say it but the Loeb specials page is really really deceptive. It is incredibly dishonest. Sigh. I guess I should not have suspected otherwise just because this was a church-related site. We live and learn. I have asked for a refund, and we shall see if I can get it. I really wish this site had been upfront and clear. I am a professor of history and order books throughout the year from "secular" sites and no one has pulled the wool over my eyes like Logos.

Sorry that happened. Logos' primary market is in digital books related to Bible study. I'd say they probably have close to 30,000 digital books for sale at the moment. They're the world's leading Bible software company.

Good thing for you is if you decide not to keep the Loeb collection you purchased, Logos has a very generous 30 day full refund policy. Just get in touch with them via phone or email and they can help you out.

While you wait to get in touch with them, feel free to look around the Logos Bible Software website to see just what the software they provide can do. You may find it useful to your studies depending on what your area of interest is.

No this is not a church-related site, it is a privately owned Bible software firm ... software that can be useful in Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and Syriac studies (among others) - which is why non-Bible related resources are available. Most routes into the site do make it clear that this is primarily a software firm. However, the description for the 166 volume set includes:

The Logos editions of these works are based on the print texts from the Loeb Classical Library. These digital editions allow you to fit an entire library in your pocket on your mobile device. Even more, the books are connected to lexicons and other reference tools for further study.

So I am not convinced Faithlife was deceptive. I can understand why you feel frustrated, and am certain that you will get your refund.

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